In March, Ilse Junkermann of Stuttgart, Germany became the first woman bishop of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany (EKM). After the third round of secret balloting, the church synod in Wittenberg elected the 51-year-old theologian by more than the required two-thirds majority.
Following the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the Netherlands in 2001, a number of countries have followed suit with Belgium in 2003, Spain in 2005, Canada in 2005, South Africa in 2006.
In response the current financial crisis, Ernst & Young has released a report that addresses the vast economic potential of women as an economic force. The report analyses an extensive body of research which shows that women make significant and proven contributions to business and economic growth. Within the report, Ernst & Young discusses that
In March 2009, the European Commission launched an EU-wide campaign to help tackle the gender pay gap. Across the EU economy, women earn on average 17.4% less than men. The simple concept of ‚equal pay for work of equal value‘ is at the heart of the campaign being launched raise awareness of the pay gap, […]
March 8th, 2009 marked the 98th International Women’s Day. The concept of this commemorative day began in 1910 at the second International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen. Clara Zetkin, leader of the ‚Women’s Office‘ for the Social Democratic Party in Germany, tabled the idea of an International Women’s Day and proposed that there should […]
For the ninth year, DiversityInc has released The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® list. This year, 11 specialty lists are also provided including the Top 10 Companies for Recruitment & Retention, Top 10 Companies for Supplier Diversity, Top 10 Companies for Executive Women and 25 Noteworthy Companies (companies that are close to earning spots […]
„Weltpremiere – Lesbe wird Regierungschefin in Island.“, titelte Welt-Online, als Jóhanna Si-gurðardóttir die erste Regierungschefin Islands wurde. Nach Bildung einer Minderheitsregierung aus Sozialdemokraten und Linksgrünen tritt Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir ihr Amt in äußerst schweren Zeiten an. Island und seine ca. 320.000 EinwohnerInnen sind schwer von der Finanzkrise betrof-fen.
Alljährlich zeichnet das Great Place to Work Institute Deutschland die Sieger des bundeswei-ten Wettbewerbs „Deutschlands Beste Arbeitgeber“ aus. Dieses Jahr nahmen 257 Unternehmen am Wettbewerb teil und stellten sich dem Urteil der Jury. Die Juroren legten besonders viel Wert auf die Punkte Chancengleichheit, Work-Life-Balance und Transparenz.
Laut einer Befragung von 3.600 weiblichen und männlichen Führungskräften mittlerer und grö-ßerer Unternehmen in 18 Ländern sind es insbesondere Frauen, die bereit sind, sich für ihre Kar-riere stärker einzusetzen. Die Studie „Untapped Potential: Stretching Toward the Future“ von Accenture geht den Motivationen und Hürden im Arbeitsalltag nach. 80 Prozent der Frauen sind bereit, anspruchsvollere Aufgaben […]
New numbers show that the percentage of females within top management levels of major German companies has reach a low plateau. From a Hoppenstedt corporate data base analysis, women in German top management sank from 7.46 percent in 2006 to 5.65 percent in 2007. By the end of 2008, the percentage had barely risen to […]
